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2024-02-18 · PPG Paints Arena

2 – 1Final

LAK beat PIT 2–1. LAK also won the expected-goals battle 3.2 to 2.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Adrian Kempe scored short-handed at 16:50 of the third, moving LAK’s win probability from 48% to 89%. Cam Talbot saved 1.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 30
Expected goals
3.2 – 2.5
xG share
LAK 57%
Home-ice start
PIT 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

LAK goalPIT goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

LAKPIT

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

LAK
2 G, 0 A · 21:04 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +1.52 · Penalties +0.19
+1.77
LAK
59:52 TOI
GSAx +1.38
+1.38
PIT
57:22 TOI
GSAx +0.93
+0.93

Rough nights

PIT
0 G, 0 A · 21:49 TOI
Finishing −0.66
−0.69
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 11:50 TOI
Finishing −0.32 · Penalties −0.37
−0.64
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 24:54 TOI
On-ice −0.22 · Finishing −0.10 · Penalties −0.19
−0.52

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalLAK–PITWin prob.
P1 18:43 PITSidney CrosbyPP
from Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust
0–154% → 71%
P3 13:49 LAKAdrian Kempe
from Drew Doughty, Viktor Arvidsson
1–113% → 49%
P3 16:50 LAKAdrian KempeSH
from Anze Kopitar
2–148% → 89%

Every player

Show both lineups

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Adrian Kempe R21:042+1.77+0.09+1.52+0.00−0.00+0.19−0.02
Vladislav Gavrikov D20:33+0.24+0.10−0.01−0.03+0.01+0.19+0.00
Anze Kopitar C21:021+0.23+0.09−0.07+0.02+0.01+0.19−0.01
Mikey Anderson D23:27+0.17+0.17−0.01−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Drew Doughty D25:191+0.10+0.22−0.12−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Quinton Byfield R15:14+0.08+0.13−0.07−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Matt Roy D20:18+0.06+0.05+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandt Clarke D13:25+0.06+0.20−0.15+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Turcotte C4:52+0.04+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andreas Englund D11:14+0.03+0.03+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor Lewis C10:45+0.02+0.07−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Viktor Arvidsson L16:041+0.00+0.19−0.17+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Arthur Kaliyev R6:32−0.05+0.02−0.06−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Fiala L16:42−0.24+0.17−0.41+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C18:56−0.37+0.19−0.51−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03
Trevor Moore L20:31−0.39−0.02−0.19−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
Pierre-Luc Dubois C14:15−0.50+0.12−0.20+0.01−0.01−0.37−0.06
Alex Laferriere R11:50−0.64+0.05−0.32−0.00+0.00−0.37+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G59:52+1.38

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Sidney Crosby C21:231+0.62−0.02+0.75+0.06−0.01−0.19+0.03
Colin White C9:33+0.21+0.04−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.01
Erik Karlsson D27:261+0.07−0.04−0.01−0.00−0.06+0.19+0.00
Jansen Harkins C5:11+0.03+0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Ludvig D9:30−0.04−0.03+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D20:29−0.07−0.07−0.02+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesse Puljujarvi R5:59−0.12−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chad Ruhwedel D10:54−0.12−0.12+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Graves D19:03−0.17−0.17−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Carter C13:59−0.23−0.14−0.08−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R22:041−0.25−0.03−0.18−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C22:06−0.26−0.05−0.50+0.06−0.02+0.19+0.06
Lars Eller C16:54−0.28−0.25−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.03
Matthew Phillips R11:00−0.31−0.19−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R16:10−0.34−0.16−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Drew O'Connor L18:14−0.43−0.13−0.27−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D24:54−0.52−0.22−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Rickard Rakell R21:49−0.69−0.02−0.66−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G57:22+0.93

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.